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of time shares they cannot afford and a congressman learn what's automatic cuts could mean to local economy. and space age technology going underground. a robot looking for leaks and keeping our neighborhood safe coming up at 6:00. now back to dan and cheryl. >> see you then. >> oakland lake merit going through quite a makeover. >> officials celebrating the opening of a channel closed off 140 years it will allow boaters in the oldest wildlife preservation to once again paddle from the lake to san francisco bay. >> the section was open today for the first time since the 18 60s. and the city will hold a celebration for this and other improvements later this summer. it's a beautiful day. >> fun to see that. is going to do it for us. wofrld news coming up next. >> from all of us here, thanks for watching. we appreciate your time. we'll see you ag >>> this is "world news," and right now, millions of us are slipping and sliding across highways layered with treacherous ice. watch as this bus careens into a light post. cars trapped on highways, or out of control, and we report from the middle of th
of time shares they cannot afford and a congressman learn what's automatic cuts could mean to local economy. and space age technology going underground. a robot looking for leaks and keeping our neighborhood safe coming up at 6:00. now back to dan and cheryl. >> see you then. >> oakland lake merit going through quite a makeover. >> officials celebrating the opening of a channel closed off 140 years it will allow boaters in the oldest wildlife preservation to once again paddle...
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i said it was going to have an effect on the economy. it might sound like a lot. fragile economy. but there are specific programs that are going to be affected. what every unemployed person gets will be reduced. there are going to be fewer agriculture inspectors to stand in food processing plants. which means, those plants can't process foods. >> one of the things that i think the democrats are counting on, some time in april and may, when this all starts to kick in, the republicans are going to break again. >> they're not going to, because they have put this central to their strategy, they chose to do this. they want to have this debate. again, it's not a fallback. i think there a are a couple of dangers here for the white house. they are warning of doom and gloom. how bad is it actually going to be when it happens? that's a big question. that hasn't been answered. lot of people aren't paying attention. how many americans -- this isn't a government shutdown. people are still going to get their passports, visit national parks. how many americans are paying attention? and how many
i said it was going to have an effect on the economy. it might sound like a lot. fragile economy. but there are specific programs that are going to be affected. what every unemployed person gets will be reduced. there are going to be fewer agriculture inspectors to stand in food processing plants. which means, those plants can't process foods. >> one of the things that i think the democrats are counting on, some time in april and may, when this all starts to kick in, the republicans are...
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the president says the cuts will have a catastrophic affect on the economy. >> this is not smart or fair. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to unemployment rolls. >> dan ashley will be the journalist interviewing the president tomorrow at the white house.omr the report live from washington will begin tonight and then, again air tomorrow rate here on abc 7 news, dan is tweeting at dan ashley abc 7. >> lots of workers, plenty of chain saws and a crane needed to clean up the mess left by a fallen 2003 in diablo. the large oak fell on to a house yesterday damaging two vehicles. here is a look at the tree aift fell yesterday. nobody was hurt. one woman said it sounded like an explosion. >> the city is moving to shut down internet cafes promising cash prizes for users. >> the city council will consider changing it's zoning laws to ban those so called sweep stakes cafes entirely. >> nick smith has more for us. >> alameda county ordered some cafes to shut down. the bureau of gambling control called some of!fww the cave yaiz illegal gambling operations but one owner i've spoken wi
the president says the cuts will have a catastrophic affect on the economy. >> this is not smart or fair. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to unemployment rolls. >> dan ashley will be the journalist interviewing the president tomorrow at the white house.omr the report live from washington will begin tonight and then, again air tomorrow rate here on abc 7 news, dan is tweeting at dan ashley abc 7. >> lots of workers, plenty of chain saws and a crane needed to...
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they will hurt our economy, they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> reporter: and we now face cuts of $85 billion in one fell swoop. that's less than 3% of the budget, but the white house says virtually everybody will be hurt and will see long lines as tsa agents are furloughed, 1,000 fbi and other law enforcement agents forced off the job and 70,000 preschoolers dropped from the head start program. you'd think that would prompt emergency meetings between congress and the white house, but you'd be wrong. has the president had a single face-to-face meeting with the republican leaders since january 1st about averting these spending cuts? >> i don't have any meetings to read out to you. again, we don't report every meeting, every conversation. >> reporter: in fact, the answer, according to sources on both sides, is that there have been no meetings between the president and republican leaders -- not one. and now virtually everybody agrees that these cuts are almost certain to go into effect in j
they will hurt our economy, they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> reporter: and we now face cuts of $85 billion in one fell swoop. that's less than 3% of the budget, but the white house says virtually everybody will be hurt and will see long lines as tsa agents are furloughed, 1,000 fbi and other law enforcement agents forced off the job and 70,000 preschoolers dropped from the head start...
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. >> katie: republican response calls on him to approve the keystone xl pipeline to grow the economy. >> spending cuts to affect the lives of hundreds of people in the bay area. employees of the saa will be forced to take a furlough of at least one day per pay period. passengers on could see 90 minute delays. as many as 5 bay area air traffic control towers could be shut down part of the plan to close hundred airports that have fewer than 150,000 flight operations. at yosemite park cuts could mean fewer trash pick-ups that bears would be attracted to the area. trail repair and maintenance could be scaled back, as well. republicans have dismissed all of the warnings as exaggerations >>> the streets and sidewalks around the dolby theater in hollywood as crews prepare for the oscars. hollywood boulevard has been shut down to allow construction fan bleachers and setup. there will be a special tribute to james bond. the films that are based on novels have been international hits for five decades. skyfall is up for five oscars this year. >> bond is back. this time a secret agent in films li
. >> katie: republican response calls on him to approve the keystone xl pipeline to grow the economy. >> spending cuts to affect the lives of hundreds of people in the bay area. employees of the saa will be forced to take a furlough of at least one day per pay period. passengers on could see 90 minute delays. as many as 5 bay area air traffic control towers could be shut down part of the plan to close hundred airports that have fewer than 150,000 flight operations. at yosemite park...
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>> the republican response says the oil pipeline is one way to create jobs and grow the economy. >>> automatic spending cuts could deeply affect the lives of hundreds of people in the bay area. employees of the faa will be forced to take furlough of at least one day per pay period. passengers could see 90 minute delays at airports and many flights would be cancelled. as many as five bay area control towers could shut down. that's their plan to close as many as 100 airports that have fewer than 150,000 flight operations yearly. at yosemite national park the cuts could mean fewer trash pickups, which may affect bears. trail repair and maintenance could also be scaled back. republicans have dismissed all the warnings as exaggeration. >>> the streets and sidewalks surrounding the dolby theater in hollywood are already closed to traffic this morning as crews prepare for the stars tomorrow night. hollywood before has been shut down to allow nor the prestaging area and stages. and there will be an honor to the bond movies. >>> and the film has been an international hit for five decades. as
>> the republican response says the oil pipeline is one way to create jobs and grow the economy. >>> automatic spending cuts could deeply affect the lives of hundreds of people in the bay area. employees of the faa will be forced to take furlough of at least one day per pay period. passengers could see 90 minute delays at airports and many flights would be cancelled. as many as five bay area control towers could shut down. that's their plan to close as many as 100 airports that...
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economy. in short, u.s. investigators have accused china of economic espionage, of stealing research and design. this allows them to compete without spending billions on innovation and product development. if this is true, americans should care because it's costing them countless jobs. u.s. officials are calling this the greatest illegal transfer of wealth in history. >> and pierre, we've seen the defense secretary leon panetta talking about cyber pearl harbors. and the white house is preparing to take action. >> reporter: this week, they are announcing plans to help private companies in identifying and mitigating such attacks, george. >>> we're going to go to the white house, where president obama will appear later this morning, to warn against the next budget crisis that's coming fast. automatic spending cuts to hit every government program in just ten days. abc's jon karl has more on what we expect to hear from the president. good morning, jon. he's going to ratchet up the pressure on congress. >> reporte
economy. in short, u.s. investigators have accused china of economic espionage, of stealing research and design. this allows them to compete without spending billions on innovation and product development. if this is true, americans should care because it's costing them countless jobs. u.s. officials are calling this the greatest illegal transfer of wealth in history. >> and pierre, we've seen the defense secretary leon panetta talking about cyber pearl harbors. and the white house is...
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>> the up can response says the oil pipeline is one way to create jobs and grow the economy. >>> automatic spending cuts could deeply affect the lives of hundreds of people in the bay area. employees of the faa will be forced to take furlough of at least one day per pay period. passengers could see 90 minute delays at airports and many flights would be cancelled. as many as five bay area control towers could shut down. that's their plan to close as many as 100 airports that have fewer than 150,000 flight operations yearly. at yosemite national park the cuts could mean fewer trash peckups which may affect bears. republicans have dismissed all the warnings as exaggeration. >>> the streets and sidewalks surrounding the dolby three they are in hollywood are already close today traffic this morning as crews prepare for the koss stars tomorrow night. hollywood before has been shut down to allow nor the prestaging area and stages. >>> and the film has been an international hit for five decades. as abc brandon hit reports, "sky fall" is up for five oscars this year. >> bond is back. this time the
>> the up can response says the oil pipeline is one way to create jobs and grow the economy. >>> automatic spending cuts could deeply affect the lives of hundreds of people in the bay area. employees of the faa will be forced to take furlough of at least one day per pay period. passengers could see 90 minute delays at airports and many flights would be cancelled. as many as five bay area control towers could shut down. that's their plan to close as many as 100 airports that have...
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they will hurt our economy and add hundreds of thousands of american to the unemployment roles. people will lose their jobs. >> reporter: we now face cuts of $85 billion in one fell swoop. that's less than 3% of the budget, but the white house says virtually everybody will be hurt and we'll see long lines as tsa agents are furloughed. 1,000 fbi and other law enforcement agents forced off the job. and 70,000 preschoolers dropped from the head start program. you would think that would prompt emergency meetings between congress and the white house, but you would be wrong. >> has the president had a single face-to-face meeting since january 1 about averting these spending cuts? >> i don't have any meetings to read out to you. >> reporter: in fact, the answer according to sources on both sides is there have been no meetings between the president and congressional republicans, not one. now virtually everyone agrees that those cuts are almost certain to go into effect one week from friday. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >> you know, we've heard about this over and over and o
they will hurt our economy and add hundreds of thousands of american to the unemployment roles. people will lose their jobs. >> reporter: we now face cuts of $85 billion in one fell swoop. that's less than 3% of the budget, but the white house says virtually everybody will be hurt and we'll see long lines as tsa agents are furloughed. 1,000 fbi and other law enforcement agents forced off the job. and 70,000 preschoolers dropped from the head start program. you would think that would...
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>> i'm not sure it's a good thing for the economy. i don't think it's a bad thing for the economy. i think it's a bad thing for small and medium sized businesses, but look, when you have apple who has more money than the u.s. government, but of course, we all have more money than the u.s. government, there's no real place to put this money, and what jonas talked about with this, give it back in dividend which a lot of people consider lazy and uncreative to try to go out and buy company. the rich are getng richer and the big companies, the only place they can use the huge acquisitions to put the huge pile of cash to good use. >> brenda: gary b, we talk about the markets be in record highs or all-time highs and we were basicly where we were six years ago. >> exactly, brenda. in fact the nasdaq is way below its all-time highs, so there's plenty of room to grow and getting back to,ou know, larry and jonas made excellent points. normally merger activity is a harbinger of an improving economy and i think the stock market could break higher. the only point, jonas said about buffet always
>> i'm not sure it's a good thing for the economy. i don't think it's a bad thing for the economy. i think it's a bad thing for small and medium sized businesses, but look, when you have apple who has more money than the u.s. government, but of course, we all have more money than the u.s. government, there's no real place to put this money, and what jonas talked about with this, give it back in dividend which a lot of people consider lazy and uncreative to try to go out and buy company....
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of the biggest economy till now the first time ever most americans think trying to has already overtaken the mainland became the world's biggest trading nation last week america's losing hole for a million jobs to its every single you join his economy professor berry milton when else in regular black hills in the u.s. fooling bridges roads book killing in storms other countries do with just fine is minimal spending on infrastructure a key reason in america's decline absolutely i mean i was in china of last fall and one of the things and that sort of shocked me about coming back to my home country is you look around at the intersection so shabby and it you have we americans have come to expect that our infrastructure will be second right and it's not necessary and it has huge costs at times and again we seem to lack the political will to reverse it and china has shown anyone you asked earlier about things that have been surprising i think one of the other things that has been surprising about china's approach is that they have very successfully invested in infrastructure out ahead of dema
of the biggest economy till now the first time ever most americans think trying to has already overtaken the mainland became the world's biggest trading nation last week america's losing hole for a million jobs to its every single you join his economy professor berry milton when else in regular black hills in the u.s. fooling bridges roads book killing in storms other countries do with just fine is minimal spending on infrastructure a key reason in america's decline absolutely i mean i was in...
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., that would strengthen the innovation economy? >> i could go on about immigration and corporate tax policy reform, but i am a researcher, so i will not. >> and we have seven minutes. >> mayor lee said it perfectly. the fundamental thing that companies are looking for is to be engaged in the process. we use a term in computing called agile. we look for more ability and the possibility to work with us, iterate in the process, rather than what we often see as we call the waterfall, take-it-or- leave-it. flexibility and agility is what is most important. >> mayor lee? >> i have always thought of our city as being the gateway to the rest of the world. i have often talked, with companies, i want to be with you when you turn the corner. we want to be the city that treats international markets for your products. i do not know if you know this but we have 70 counsel general offices in san francisco, the highest number outside of washington, d.c. we want to make sure that our companies know we are not just in it for san francisco, the regio
., that would strengthen the innovation economy? >> i could go on about immigration and corporate tax policy reform, but i am a researcher, so i will not. >> and we have seven minutes. >> mayor lee said it perfectly. the fundamental thing that companies are looking for is to be engaged in the process. we use a term in computing called agile. we look for more ability and the possibility to work with us, iterate in the process, rather than what we often see as we call the...
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>> even the japanese economy is about china. the american economy relies on them for the military and -- to maintain a stable balance of power in action -- they are concerned of a change in power. chinese growth makes the japanese economy important. and they will talk about china. >> they have to have japan act -- the second and third largest economies in china and japan, and japan is the counterbalance. >> the u.s. doesn't have the ability to stop china's growth, and will the major economies have the clout to write the rules and set the norms that make sure china's rise is useful. >> we could be talking ofut the security concerns china and japan. this is almost the same, keeping a check on the rising china. >> containing china is not in our means. there is a finite security problem, the island dispute where both sides have been more robust, shall we say, in pursuing the claims as japan buys the islands and china by swarming the waters with paramilitary units, much more aggrressive in the rules of engagement. the prime minister
>> even the japanese economy is about china. the american economy relies on them for the military and -- to maintain a stable balance of power in action -- they are concerned of a change in power. chinese growth makes the japanese economy important. and they will talk about china. >> they have to have japan act -- the second and third largest economies in china and japan, and japan is the counterbalance. >> the u.s. doesn't have the ability to stop china's growth, and will the...
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the idea that it will slow down the economy is ridiculous. as a percentage of non-defense is 1.5 cents out of $1. >> no economist says -- >> we are drowning in debt and we are asking for a 1.5% cut in non-defense spending and people say it's the end of the world. we have to cut 30% ultimately if we want to get near a balanced budget. >> there is no one who thinks sequestration is a good idea. >> the congressional budget office, which i agree does not mean it's an economic authority, but they said they will be cutting economic growth by one half. >> how much of our economy is it cutting? >> complaining about the uncertainty, we know that. china has been stealing our lunch in cyberspace. >> it is costing hundreds of billions of dollars and thousands of u.s. jobs every year. >> counterterrorism expert who worked under the reagan administration, both the bushes, president clinton. the pit cyber warfare they're waiting on the united states and have been doing it for years. who has been minding the store? >> there was a bill that had been agreed to
the idea that it will slow down the economy is ridiculous. as a percentage of non-defense is 1.5 cents out of $1. >> no economist says -- >> we are drowning in debt and we are asking for a 1.5% cut in non-defense spending and people say it's the end of the world. we have to cut 30% ultimately if we want to get near a balanced budget. >> there is no one who thinks sequestration is a good idea. >> the congressional budget office, which i agree does not mean it's an...
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restaurants and our entire economy will benefit from the step we took together in 2012 many people said we couldn't reach consensus i say thank you john, thank you controller ben. and thank you city attorney dennis and treasurer. and thank you to the desire business community. thank you for your lisp and partisanship by replacing our gross receipt tax and now we must work together to develop this transparency. we must work together on the funds that we've raised for small businesses and economic development. and we're pitting thousands of san franciscans back to work on construction projects. an
restaurants and our entire economy will benefit from the step we took together in 2012 many people said we couldn't reach consensus i say thank you john, thank you controller ben. and thank you city attorney dennis and treasurer. and thank you to the desire business community. thank you for your lisp and partisanship by replacing our gross receipt tax and now we must work together to develop this transparency. we must work together on the funds that we've raised for small businesses and...
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economy. >> i think the u.s. economy is recovering. the job is recovering. the energy boom is helpful. the housing market has bottomed out and beginning to pick up. balance sheets, consumer balance sheetsz, business balance sheets are doing well and exports are doing well. >> how do we take that, the next step further? is it exports? open trade? >> i think there are -- all of these elms are important. from my point of view, the state department, exports are very important to the whole economy and to jobs because 95% of the world's consumer s live outside of united states so we're promoting american exports and ensure there are fair trading rules in the global system so it's not distorted by state subsidies or state enterprises. we're also making a major effort through the partnership trade negotiations and now the president announced negotiations with europe. that can open up new markets and provide new opportunities for american companies and we're trying to attract foreign investment in the united states, which does create a lot of jobs here. >> let me ask
economy. >> i think the u.s. economy is recovering. the job is recovering. the energy boom is helpful. the housing market has bottomed out and beginning to pick up. balance sheets, consumer balance sheetsz, business balance sheets are doing well and exports are doing well. >> how do we take that, the next step further? is it exports? open trade? >> i think there are -- all of these elms are important. from my point of view, the state department, exports are very important to...
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then you will have a problem with as you call the real economy but don't only focus on the real economy because of your own fix the financial system then you will have like a one month that has only one leg and the other one is a wooden leg that is trailing behind you would need to work on both one last question is of course something i have to ask everybody is talking about the currency wars everyone is doing at the central banks all over the world are trying to consolidate their currency rates to make their economies more competitive and that in a way is is natural there are no currency wars today we are far far further away today from the currency war than we were two or three years ago when these french phrase was coined ok what we have today is a number of countries exploring ways in which they can improve the growth prospects and improve the job creation ok not necessarily manipulating the currency to gain competitiveness at the expense of the next person. it is in everybody's interest that the united states recover their dynamism is going to create growth and jobs everywhere in t
then you will have a problem with as you call the real economy but don't only focus on the real economy because of your own fix the financial system then you will have like a one month that has only one leg and the other one is a wooden leg that is trailing behind you would need to work on both one last question is of course something i have to ask everybody is talking about the currency wars everyone is doing at the central banks all over the world are trying to consolidate their currency...
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restaurants and our entire economy will benefit from the step we took together in 2012 many people said we couldn't reach consensus i say thank you john, thank you controller ben. and thank you city attorney dennis and treasurer. and thank you to the desire business community. thank you for your lisp and partisanship by replacing our gross receipt tax and now we must work together to develop this transparency. we must work together on the funds that we've raised for small businesses and economic development. and we're pitting thousands of san franciscans back to work on construction projects. and we're working and providing that san francisco of admission bay and the trans bay tower can coexist with chinatown and other quiet west side neighbors. infrastructure as most of you know is near and dear to my heart. i drafted our cities first blue print to up grade our infrastructure. and in the last two years we've got funds now for the water supply to be ready for the next earthquake. in the next few weeks i'll partner together with other supervisors to get the most vulnerable buildings to b
restaurants and our entire economy will benefit from the step we took together in 2012 many people said we couldn't reach consensus i say thank you john, thank you controller ben. and thank you city attorney dennis and treasurer. and thank you to the desire business community. thank you for your lisp and partisanship by replacing our gross receipt tax and now we must work together to develop this transparency. we must work together on the funds that we've raised for small businesses and...
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they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. the unemployment rate might tick up again. >> president obama used his bully pulpit this week to call on congress to avoid, get this, sequestration. that's washington nomenclature for automatic spending cuts due to go into effect on march 1, next friday. on that date, both military and domestic programs will feel
they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. the unemployment rate might tick up again. >> president obama used his bully pulpit this week to call on congress to avoid, get this, sequestration. that's washington nomenclature for automatic spending cuts due to go into effect on march 1, next friday. on that date, both military and domestic programs will feel
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. >> your personal economy is made up of the things that matter most, including your career. as those things change, fidelity can help you registered retirement plan, rethink hell you are invested, and refocus as your career moves forward. wherever you are today, a fidelity ira has a wide range of investment choices that can figure personal economy. fidelity investments, turn here. >> "bbc world news >> you are linked to the violent captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: evidence suggests that since 2006 a secretive chinese military unit has hacked the computer systems of more than one hundred u.s. corporations and organizations. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we assess the damage done by the cyber attacks, and explore the motivations behind what appear to be china's systematic targeting of foreign firms and governments. >> woodruff: then, we turn to today's arguments at the supreme court over a patent case with implications for biotechnology giant monsanto, and a range of fields from medical re
. >> your personal economy is made up of the things that matter most, including your career. as those things change, fidelity can help you registered retirement plan, rethink hell you are invested, and refocus as your career moves forward. wherever you are today, a fidelity ira has a wide range of investment choices that can figure personal economy. fidelity investments, turn here. >> "bbc world news >> you are linked to the violent captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer...
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other members urged caution in withdrawing stimulus to the economy prematurely. the fed policy board is expected to examine the effectiveness of its asset purchasing program more closely after its next meeting in march. housing construction is a key indicator of the health of u.s. economy. the number of permits for new construction rose for a third straight month. this suggested recovery in the housing market remains on track. department of commerce officials say housing starts last month came to 890,000 units. that's a decline of 8.5% from december. construction of condos and other multifamily tumbled 26%. the drop was enough to offset a rise. housing permits rose 1.8% from december. that's the highest level since june 2008 before the start of the global financial crisis. let's get a check on tokyo markets. first taking a look at stocks. market sentiment is damaged. the nikkei is trading at 11,423. sources say investors are selling export related issues to take profits after recent gains. moving onto currencies now. the fed minute that hint at scaling back monet
other members urged caution in withdrawing stimulus to the economy prematurely. the fed policy board is expected to examine the effectiveness of its asset purchasing program more closely after its next meeting in march. housing construction is a key indicator of the health of u.s. economy. the number of permits for new construction rose for a third straight month. this suggested recovery in the housing market remains on track. department of commerce officials say housing starts last month came...
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billions in the economy. at chevron, if we can't do it right, we won't do it at all. we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. ♪ >> it is costing hundreds of of dollars and u.s. jobs every year. >> of a countertrorism expert the reagan and both bushes, under and presidentnt clintnton. china has bn waging a cyber warfare and have been doing it for years. been minding the cyber we are engaged elsewhere? there was a bill that had agreed to on cybersecurity. the privacycall went bonkers -- bananas and bonkers. they flooded and their members congress and there were so that theyey didid not pass anything. not a serious person in hasington of any ideology not known the increasingower is a problem. the president said he will use it.utive power to do all those people who think cyberspace and the internet is an open range and there can regulation, it will come back to haunt us. >> we have a huge defense establishment and have alace where ty'red supposed to know about this stuff. >> it raises strategic queststis not thought through yet. capacity to take much
billions in the economy. at chevron, if we can't do it right, we won't do it at all. we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. ♪ >> it is costing hundreds of of dollars and u.s. jobs every year. >> of a countertrorism expert the reagan and both bushes, under and presidentnt clintnton. china has bn waging a cyber warfare and have been doing it for years. been minding the cyber we are engaged elsewhere? there was a bill that had agreed to on cybersecurity. the...
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it we are heading and the court -- >> how will it have an impact on the economy? the cbo makes the prediction -- >> 800,000 people furlough 22 days per year? that's a lot of people who do not have money who are not spending. put that in every other area and it goes to police and fire departments who will have less money. there is hardly a person in any field who gets grants of any kind, whether it is from the state or federal government who are now saying they have been told they cannot count on it. >> 0.3%, it is a trivial amount of money. the idea that it will slow down the recovery is ridiculous. as a percentage of non-defense spending is 1.5 cents on the dollar -- and you're telling me -- >> not economist says it is true. >> we are drowning in debt and we are asking for a 1.5% cut in non-defense spending and they say it's the end of the world? we have to cut 30% ultimately if we want to be near a balanced budget. >> there is no one who thinks sequestration is a good idea. >> the congressional budget office, which i agree does not mean it's an economic authorit
it we are heading and the court -- >> how will it have an impact on the economy? the cbo makes the prediction -- >> 800,000 people furlough 22 days per year? that's a lot of people who do not have money who are not spending. put that in every other area and it goes to police and fire departments who will have less money. there is hardly a person in any field who gets grants of any kind, whether it is from the state or federal government who are now saying they have been told they...
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add it together and that is it an economy killer. >> last word to you, wayne. you get one more word here. >> and the only word is, one i said before. it is there but just a question of facing it sigh -- you will see it in beef and chicken prices. i don't know how people deal with it. and coming up. can we crack down on china hacking us if we are . see the and even more jobs. @í ns headquarters. at the top . hour, that's next. >> and now without a back bone. u.s. talking about getting tough with china over the dozen cyber attacks it is accused of waging. it is all talk so far. hack stenograph a serious threat. and this prove the fact that we owe china so much money is our biggest threat. johnathon, get at it? >> the debt is a threat no matter who we owe it to. why we don't have a back bone with china when it comes to hacking. we haven't had a back bone with the military threats from iran. i am not sure prized. we should have a type to stand up and say it is a violation of intellectual property and the united states will not stand for it when it comes to the com
add it together and that is it an economy killer. >> last word to you, wayne. you get one more word here. >> and the only word is, one i said before. it is there but just a question of facing it sigh -- you will see it in beef and chicken prices. i don't know how people deal with it. and coming up. can we crack down on china hacking us if we are . see the and even more jobs. @í ns headquarters. at the top . hour, that's next. >> and now without a back bone. u.s. talking about...
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find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. own i've done your bushel america's great pile status exposed as a great fruit coming up. america has the worst infant mortality the highest child poverty and the least freedom shocking new research. one kids in the states grow one love. and no more tax in the u.s. . we are the united states of america the greatest country on earth traditions that continue to transfer great things that mainstream media is feeding a great lawyer key indicators america is now one of the most privileged countries in including in football toilet seat hold. it's all beds per population and survival post middle age americas twenty eight from thirty fighting for low spots in the o.e.c.d. with mexico hungary and turkey that's an immoral question amongst the humane enemy and humane society to ask that question where is the profit here how is this going to affect our bottom line how are we going to make money off this sick person that's i mean t
find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. own i've done your bushel america's great pile status exposed as a great fruit coming up. america has the worst infant mortality the highest child poverty and the least freedom shocking new research. one kids in the states grow one love. and no more tax in the u.s. . we are the united states of america the greatest country on...
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it's expected the strikes will ripple through the indian economy. gdp could take a hit of about 200 billion rupees, which translates to 3.7 billion u.s. dollars. car sales are in a slump in europe. europeans in several nations are hitting the brakes on buying cars as austrity measures translate into high unemployment and recession. new car registrations fell to 8.7% in january, the lowest level since 1990. one billion dollars. that's the fine offshore drilling company trans ocean will pay in civil penalties following the 2010 gulf of mexico oil spill. bp hired trans ocean prior to the 2010 deepwater horizon explosion. the company pled guilty for violating the clean water act and will have two years to pay the billion-dollar fine. it's a story reminiscent of a hollywood screenplay: millions of dollars' worth of diamonds stolen in a matter of minutes. but it's real. thieves dressed as police cut a hole in a brussels airport security fence, drove to a swiss airlines jet that was transporting the gems, cut a hole in the plane, removed the diamonds and t
it's expected the strikes will ripple through the indian economy. gdp could take a hit of about 200 billion rupees, which translates to 3.7 billion u.s. dollars. car sales are in a slump in europe. europeans in several nations are hitting the brakes on buying cars as austrity measures translate into high unemployment and recession. new car registrations fell to 8.7% in january, the lowest level since 1990. one billion dollars. that's the fine offshore drilling company trans ocean will pay in...
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economy or business class economy class but then you know the difficulties make a relationship stronger if there were no problems it wouldn't be life which it would be boring it was the first time i celebrated new year on the train at first i was very sad because i had to leave and i thought it would be my worst new year ever but once i got back things turned around like in a fairy tale. the rest of the group. this is simply great all the more so because i'm an art teacher alan artist i'm just well it's not exactly a dream come true that's an exaggeration but it came quite unexpectedly kind of a surprise because we communicated with the artists we chose three rooms that focused on them just like with focus on people and we don't squander our energies but we choose them and today we gave greeting cards to people on the street who liked. this it was the you know after the night after the mary holiday we've had our crews from getting some rest there we've been gathering strength before next spring and we've been sleeping to the joke goes i wish morning came as early as possible so i could
economy or business class economy class but then you know the difficulties make a relationship stronger if there were no problems it wouldn't be life which it would be boring it was the first time i celebrated new year on the train at first i was very sad because i had to leave and i thought it would be my worst new year ever but once i got back things turned around like in a fairy tale. the rest of the group. this is simply great all the more so because i'm an art teacher alan artist i'm just...
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deficit, no job creation, stagnant economy, nothing going on with the economy. we're spending time working on the golf game. lou: "new york times" has it, 7 hours of golf, elitist president, and boehner is -- >> it's the mainstream media. we have to go back to the grassroots and advocacy of the party. lou: what you just said, and i think you are exactly right, but you're saying the republican party has to go out and try to build up the membership and get its party going at the grassroots level. this is a party all they decided they needed was money and a few political connections
deficit, no job creation, stagnant economy, nothing going on with the economy. we're spending time working on the golf game. lou: "new york times" has it, 7 hours of golf, elitist president, and boehner is -- >> it's the mainstream media. we have to go back to the grassroots and advocacy of the party. lou: what you just said, and i think you are exactly right, but you're saying the republican party has to go out and try to build up the membership and get its party going at the...
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economy? >> the sequester is not just a cut back, but a very crude cut back, sort of just chop one finger off at every hand instead of letting somebody go. i think it was designed that way because the idea was this will force us to do something. but now they haven't. >> i'm starting to hear people in washington say, look, this is going to force some efficiencies in these agencies. they've had budgets that have been getting bigger and bigger for years, stimulus thrown into all different kind of safety net fund funds. maybe this is just tough medicine. >> it might force efficiencies into some agencies, though they really weren't planning for it, so they're having to do it pretty hectically. some agencies you don't want to cut. across the board cuts are a very crude way to run policy. do you want to cut your research and development, medical care, projects where you promised to pay and may end up losing a lot of money? the problem is it's so crude. they said, okay, this won't happen. we all know
economy? >> the sequester is not just a cut back, but a very crude cut back, sort of just chop one finger off at every hand instead of letting somebody go. i think it was designed that way because the idea was this will force us to do something. but now they haven't. >> i'm starting to hear people in washington say, look, this is going to force some efficiencies in these agencies. they've had budgets that have been getting bigger and bigger for years, stimulus thrown into all...
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you cannot have a strong presence internationally, especially militarily without a strong economy. to the extent that the deficit each year adds to the debt and saps our domestic economy, thus preventing it from recovering, absolutely. gerri: you make a great point. we are looting this report which said that the chinese government is involved in acting and stealing ideas, stealing memos, stealing e-mails, stealing a permission from our federal government, and they even name the unit of the chinese people's liberation army, unit 61398. unbelievable to me. i mean, if you had told me this story i would have said was that from john stuart? i cannot believe it is true. >> i am glad this of us but report is out. it is not the first time that we have concluded with the source of many of these attacks is. the pentagon as stuff for a long time is sicily every major corporation has been attacked by the people's liberation army. so what the chinese are doing is looking for their asymmetric point advantage. they cannot match as in conventional forces and nuclear forces are made it -- naval for
you cannot have a strong presence internationally, especially militarily without a strong economy. to the extent that the deficit each year adds to the debt and saps our domestic economy, thus preventing it from recovering, absolutely. gerri: you make a great point. we are looting this report which said that the chinese government is involved in acting and stealing ideas, stealing memos, stealing e-mails, stealing a permission from our federal government, and they even name the unit of the...
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is it, to the economy? >> well, first of all, it's substantial to the people affected, no question about that. in terms of its impact on the economy, we recently did a study that suggested if the sequester goes into full effect march 1, want impact will be to knock .6% off of growth this year. that is if we thought the economy was going to grow at about 2.6% without the sequester, that will be reduced to 2% with the sequester. >> tom: for this year, we're talking $85 billion potentially taken out of the growth of government spending between march 1 and the end of september and a $4 trillion budget. proportionally for median household income that's the equivalent of $1,000 out of a $50,000 income being taken out. how can that impact economy so much? >> well, it's-- it amounts to something like an 8% cut in the level of government services, other kinds of government expenditures, and at the margin, that's enough to have a noticeable impact on economic growth. now, remember, it's 80-odd-billion over the second
is it, to the economy? >> well, first of all, it's substantial to the people affected, no question about that. in terms of its impact on the economy, we recently did a study that suggested if the sequester goes into full effect march 1, want impact will be to knock .6% off of growth this year. that is if we thought the economy was going to grow at about 2.6% without the sequester, that will be reduced to 2% with the sequester. >> tom: for this year, we're talking $85 billion...
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our new economy is dependent upon international flights increasing. we cannot get more international flights into san francisco unless we move the l.a.-san francisco commute off of the airlines and on to high-speed rail. 1/3, that is what we're betting on. if we can get high-speed rail out there and move that off, we will include -- increase our air flights. that is our theory. i believe strongly in that. we have 10 of the largest cities in california in agreement with us that we will be the northern terminal for high-speed rail reading l.a. and san francisco. a lot more details to be had. palo alto wants us to work with them on the first phase. we will do that and respect the needs of the peninsula as we move along. the ultimately, we will get to high-speed rail. that will be a benefit. that is my economic argument for why we need high-speed rail. it is important for our future. >> automobiles, bicycles, and pedestrians are having problems on the street. they seem to have a problem coexisting. what are your plans to solve the problem? what are your p
our new economy is dependent upon international flights increasing. we cannot get more international flights into san francisco unless we move the l.a.-san francisco commute off of the airlines and on to high-speed rail. 1/3, that is what we're betting on. if we can get high-speed rail out there and move that off, we will include -- increase our air flights. that is our theory. i believe strongly in that. we have 10 of the largest cities in california in agreement with us that we will be the...
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one economi says the designers of the law were all wrong. and, to top tier weekend. we have you covered with the important things like what the stars are going to wear and what is really in those slight bags. "the willis report" is on the case. ♪ gerri: all of that and more coming up later in the show. first, our top story. listen to this. honey, you are uninsured. yet another consequence of obamacare. you can add it to the list. more and more employers planning to drop health coverage for spouses. all in an effort to cut costs. now, three years ago this was virtually nonexistent. last year that number jumped. 6 percent of large employers excluded sus on health plans in 2012. experts say that number will continue to climb when the new health exchanges under obamacare are officially established next year. my first guest tonight says that will leave some of women with poor coverage or no coverage at all. joining me now, ceo of vital spring's technology. welcome back to the show. what is going on? how is it that these companies are going to exclude spouses? be they wo
one economi says the designers of the law were all wrong. and, to top tier weekend. we have you covered with the important things like what the stars are going to wear and what is really in those slight bags. "the willis report" is on the case. ♪ gerri: all of that and more coming up later in the show. first, our top story. listen to this. honey, you are uninsured. yet another consequence of obamacare. you can add it to the list. more and more employers planning to drop health...
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add it together and that is it an economy killer. >> last word to you, wayne. you get one more word here. >> and the only word is, one i said before. it is there but just a question of facing it sigh -- you will see it in beef and chicken prices. i don't know how people deal with it. and coming up. can we crack down on china hacking us if we are . see the and even more jobs. searing for a bank designed for investors like you? tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 schwab bank was built with all e value and convenience tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 investors want. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 like no atm fees, worldwide. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and no nuisance fees. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 plus deposit ches with mobile deposit. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and manage your cash and investments tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 with schwab's mobile app. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 no wonder schwab bank has grown to over 70 billion in assets. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 so if you're looking for a bank that's in your corner, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 not just on the corner... tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 call, click or visit to start banking with schwab
add it together and that is it an economy killer. >> last word to you, wayne. you get one more word here. >> and the only word is, one i said before. it is there but just a question of facing it sigh -- you will see it in beef and chicken prices. i don't know how people deal with it. and coming up. can we crack down on china hacking us if we are . see the and even more jobs. searing for a bank designed for investors like you? tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 schwab bank was built with all e...